flipper
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Porkchop, a turtle rescued from the river last year, lost a flipper after a fishing line severely constricted the limb.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Formally known as CM2502, Porkchop got her nickname when she chowed down shortly after losing her front right flipper, which was severely constricted by fishing line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
"I picked it up and thought I saw a movement in one flipper, so I carried it back to the campsite".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Ninety-percent of her flipper was necrotic, and veterinary staff promptly removed the dead tissue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
Their bodies were sleek and black like sea mammals, with stubby legs that were half flipper, half foot, and humanlike hands with sharp claws.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
If customers sell those SpaceX shares within 15 days of the IPO, they will be flagged as flippers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
A private company plans to refloat the injured mammal from the sea floor by its flippers and onto a tarp attached to a tug boat, officials said.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
A hunk of romaine was easy pickings for Porkchop and her three flippers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
Before they became professional flippers, Paul Myers and Tanice Myers had a longstanding interest in real estate and home design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
This was something Taylor and TeeTee and Becca, and all the hair flippers I went to school with, couldn't do.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
